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Lower Rochester, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lovelock census division. It lies near Lincoln Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle.

Lower Rochester within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lower Rochester between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,894 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeBINGO
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresWinnemucca District OfficeINDEPENDENCE
1 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution41 acresWinnemucca District OfficeLIMERICK
7 August 1997Power generation/transmission/distribution35 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSACRAMENTO
5 August 1999Natural13,325 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
22 August 2010Natural3.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
2 August 2014Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeSACRAMENTO
18 August 2020Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLIMERICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Lower Rochester: 48 past producers, 23 occurrences, 20 unknowns, 6 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allied Tungsten ProspectSilver, Tungsten, LeadPast ProducerVein
Buck and Charley MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1912
Buck and Charley MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Champion Dumortierite MineKyanite, AluminumPast Producer1924, 1925, 1949
Dumortierite OccurrenceBoron-Borates, AluminumOccurrence
HaganGold, Arsenic, CopperPast Producer
Hamilton BerylBeryllium, FeldsparProspect
Hamilton Beryl MineBeryllium, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tin, ZincOccurrenceBeryl, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Humboldt QueenSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony, ZincPast Producer1883, 1919
Humboldt Queen MineSilver, Lead, Gold, KyanitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pershing County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Central Rochester (historical)1.2 miles16
Rochester1.8 miles16
East Rochester (historical)2.2 miles16
Rochester Heights (historical)2.2 miles16
Foltz (historical)2.7 miles16
Panama2.9 miles16
Lima (historical)3.9 miles16
Vanderwater (historical)5.1 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122548811The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856072. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.